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Safe filled with gold, silver stolen

A vintage safe filled with $250,000 worth of silver bars and gold coins in Marshalltown has been stolen, and the owner is offering a $5,000 cash reward for its return.

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Updated: 6:42 AM CDT Jul 22, 2013

Safe filled with gold, silver stolen

A vintage safe filled with $250,000 worth of silver bars and gold coins in Marshalltown has been stolen, and the owner is offering a $5,000 cash reward for its return.

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Updated: 6:42 AM CDT Jul 22, 2013

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WEBVTT On the crime beat tonight. A safe that wasn't that safe! The contents worth a quarter million dollars...this safe was stolen 2 weeks ago in Marshalltown. It was taken from a storage unit at Park Elm Apartments on North Third Street. As KCCI's Ben Jordan explains, detectives are closing in on the thieves. "She's very devastated. She's crying all the time. I talked to her a little bit this morning and she just wants it back." The owner of this Marshalltown Apartment Complex had a vintage safe stolen from the apartment storage unit just over 2 weeks ago. But it wasn't just any safe, it had 250,000 dollars worth of Silver bars and gold coins in it. A 5 thousand dollar cash reward is offered for information about the theft leading to arrests and conviction. "I don't know if it was someone that lives here but my opinion would be that it'd have to be someone who knows where the safe is, because that's the only thing they stole and they went straight for that." "The safe's owner hired Private Investigator Craig Brooks and he hasn't slept in two days chasing down leads." "We've had a lot of calls come in, a lot of leads who the suspects are." Brooks believes there are 5 or more thieves involved. "It's a huge safe just one person can't carry that." An informant who has seen the safe and its content has provided key information that has narrowed the search. "It's credible information, it's good information and it's someone who has seen these bars." This afternoon Brooks says he tracked the contents of the safe to Des Moines. "These guys are out here man, you can run but you can't hide. There's too many people involved and they know it and they're scrambling." In Marshalltown, Ben Jordan, KCCI 8 News, Iowa's News Leader. Investigator Brooks believes an informant's leads could lead to the arrests of several

Safe filled with gold, silver stolen

A vintage safe filled with $250,000 worth of silver bars and gold coins in Marshalltown has been stolen, and the owner is offering a $5,000 cash reward for its return.